Faster than Vista or XP?
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Martin Blackstone <[email protected]>wrote: > Indeed. > > I personally don't think there is much of anything GREAT about Vista. But I > don't think it's bad either. To me it's just not that much bang for the > buck > as far as upgrade costs go. Performance really isn't anything to write home > about. > I would take a new PC with it on there today. I wouldn't really be willing > to spend any money to upgrade anything with it though. > I've always found the whole thing to be very "eh, I can take it or leave > it". Which to me isn't good enough for upgrading. > > I've been playing with 7 a little bit and the first thing I noticed was the > performance. I'm stoked. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:27 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > I like Vista. > > But there are some things that continue to irk me from a user perspective. > Stuff like: > a) explorer windows keep "forgetting" which columns they should be > displaying for file properties > b) booting is way to slow > > Both of the above two appear to be "fixed" in Win 7 betas. > > There is no way I could run Vista usably on a 1.6GHz netbook, but Win 7 > works fine. That's good IMHO > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2009 9:19 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > Ok, since we are on the subject... > > This has been irking me lately, I need to get it off my chest! > > I have been highly skeptical of all the rave reviews of 7 so far. > > There seems to be this wonderful wave of hope around 7 in the > blogosphere, touting 7 is better than Vista. But Vista kinda of had > terrible press, and everyone was convinced it was the next ME. In > actually, it wasn't. Vista is great. It had it SP0 bumps for sure, but > Vista in general was much better that I think the press made it out to > be. > > Everyone is jumping in joy that 7 boots faster than Vista, more stable, > etc, etc. Big Whoop. IMO, IT BETTER be faster and more stable! This > is not a feature, this is a EXPECTATION. Better stability? Again, not > a bonus feature, it's an expectation. New versions should NEVER be > slower, especially with the crazy pace of hardware advancements. > > All in all, I think Vista's bad rep is just paving the way for good > reviews of 7. > > It's like when Steve Jobs put the 'improved' Audio Jack in his slide > show for the Gen 2 iPhone. No, Steve, you can't do that. You &*^&cked > up with Gen1 with the audio port, and you fixed it in Gen2. You cannot > market it as a new feature. The fact that he had to market that and > throw it in his slid show, just goes to show that there weren't enough > other new features introduced to talk about. > > I don't no much about 7, I haven't tried it, I'm sure I will download it > on Friday, and buy a copy on release. > > I just hope MS knows what they are doing forcing an OS out the door so > quickly. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:35 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > Since the other beta's are out... > > I really like the new task bar. I'm not sold on the new Start button. > > Otherwise - it's very much like Vista sp2. > > Except that it uses less memory. At idle, my Vista system uses about 850 > MB. > At idle (pretty much the same startup applications), Win7 uses 500 MB. > > Speed-wise - I don't detect any appreciable difference. But I've got > pretty fast machines already. > > I have found a couple of pretty obvious bugs, so I don't consider it > production-ready. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: > http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:23 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > From what I've heard, Win7 isn't too frustrating--so I'm willing to give > it a look. > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:05 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now > > oh dear! 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